I’m so sorry to hear your story. Thank God you now know the truth about Big Med. I’m a nurse & work privately in home health because the machine disgusted me. My patient now had scoliosis as a child & had to get back surgery, during which they permanently paralyzed her from the neck down due to sheer incompetence (blocked blood flow from spinal cord for hours). At one of the top children’s hospital in the nation. She did get a settlement but so many don’t. Not that the settlement means much when now she can never have a typical relationship or start a family, etc.
I stay away from doctors & facilities at all costs
Edit: your description of the racket (sp?) of Big Med and incompetent megalomaniacs is so spot on
C'est la vie, unfortunately. But, to be fair the experience did teach me a lot and gave me a level of mental fortitude and value for life that previous to this ordeal I did not have. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger, right? I know there are a lot of good people within that system who aren't able to help people on the same level as they could as an individual because of the hierarchy, or because of hospital policy, or ignorance of non-medical solutions, or a lack of respect of the knowledge of point of view of patients, or innumerable other factors. But, the game is rigged, and it's all about money at the end of the day.
People like you give me hope. I had a few real sweet nurses during my time there who made me feel a lot better about my situation. It still bothers me to this day that someone could do that to me, face no consequences, and I didn't get a cent to make up for negligence which caused me such grievous harm.
I’m so sorry to hear your story. Thank God you now know the truth about Big Med. I’m a nurse & work privately in home health because the machine disgusted me. My patient now had scoliosis as a child & had to get back surgery, during which they permanently paralyzed her from the neck down due to sheer incompetence (blocked blood flow from spinal cord for hours). At one of the top children’s hospital in the nation. She did get a settlement but so many don’t. Not that the settlement means much when now she can never have a typical relationship or start a family, etc.
I stay away from doctors & facilities at all costs
Edit: your description of the racket (sp?) of Big Med and incompetent megalomaniacs is so spot on
C'est la vie, unfortunately. But, to be fair the experience did teach me a lot and gave me a level of mental fortitude and value for life that previous to this ordeal I did not have. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger, right? I know there are a lot of good people within that system who aren't able to help people on the same level as they could as an individual because of the hierarchy, or because of hospital policy, or ignorance of non-medical solutions, or a lack of respect of the knowledge of point of view of patients, or innumerable other factors. But, the game is rigged, and it's all about money at the end of the day. People like you give me hope. I had a few real sweet nurses during my time there who made me feel a lot better about my situation. It still bothers me to this day that someone could do that to me, face no consequences, and I didn't get a cent to make up for negligence which caused me such grievous harm.